Food recall

Kraft Heinz Foods recall: Individually 2/3 oz

Kraft Heinz Foods, of Northfield, IL, recalled Individually 2/3 oz. The FDA's reason: “Kraft Foods Group is voluntarily recalling 7,691 cases of select varieties of regular Kraft American Singles Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product. A supplier did not store an ingredient used in this...” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 29, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 22, 2014. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class III

It is unlikely to cause harm

Why

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed August 8, 2016

The recall

Company
Kraft Heinz Foods (Northfield, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Kraft Foods Group is voluntarily recalling 7,691 cases of select varieties of regular Kraft American Singles Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product. A supplier did not store an ingredient used in this product in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards.”
Where it was sold
US: Nationwide (AL, AR, CA, CA, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MI, NC, NJ, OH, OK, TN, TX, VA)
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
69142

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-0022-2015 Class III

    Individually 2/3 oz. slices of American cheese product individually wrapped in transparent plastic an packaged in 12 oz. and 16 oz.. packages, and 4 lb. cartons under the Kraft brand name. Cases of 12 oz. packages include 48 packages per case. Cases of 16 oz. packages include either 12 or 36 packages per case. Cases of 4 lb. cartons include 8 cartons per case.

    Codes: 1) 12 oz. packages of singles; UPC (Retail Package): 021000604647; Code Dates: 20 FEB 2015, 21 FEB 2015; UPC Code (Case): 210006046400; 2) 16 oz. packages of singles; UPC (Retail Package): 021000615261; Code Date: 20 FEB 2015; UPC Code (Case): 210006145000; 3) 16 oz. packages of singles; UPC (Retail Package): 021000615261; Code Date: 20 FEB 2015; UPC Code (Case): 210006152600; 4) 4 lb. cartons of singles; UPC (Retail Package): 021000633609; Code Date: 20 FEB 2015; UPC Code (Case): 210006255900

    Quantity: 7,691 cases

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of October 22, 2014.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.